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Planning Committee Agenda July 2026

Summary

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A Planning Committee meeting of the New Forest National Park Authority will take place on Tuesday 21 July 2026 at 9.30am in the Council Chamber at NFDC, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst. The agenda includes apologies, declarations of interest, approval of minutes from 16 June 2026, and the Chair’s announcements. The committee will decide planning applications, review planning appeals, consider a consultation response on permitted development rights affecting schools, community assets, defence and conservation, and discuss revised local requirements for planning applications. Public speakers must email Member Services by 5.00pm on Thursday 16 July with the item and capacity in which they wish to speak. The committee notes duties under human rights and equality legislation. The next meeting is scheduled for 18 August 2026, and the meeting will be audio recorded and filmed.

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To: Members of the Planning Committee of the New Forest National Park Authority

Date: 10 July 2026

New Forest National Park Authority

Planning Committee, Tuesday 21 July 2026

A meeting of the Planning Committee will be held on Tuesday 21 July 2026 at 9.30am.

Please note that this meeting of the Committee will be held in the Council Chamber, NFDC, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst SO43 7PA

Alison Barnes
Chief Executive/National Park Officer

For further information or enquiries, please contact:

E-mail: memberservices@newforestnpa.gov.uk

Public participation:

Any member of the public who wishes to address the meeting on an individual item on the public agenda should notify Member Services by emailing at memberservices@newforestnpa.gov.uk not less than two clear working days before the commencement of the meeting (i.e. by 5.00pm on Thursday 16 July) and indicate in what capacity he or she would like to speak, together with a contact telephone number.

Further details regarding the processes for Planning Committee can found at www.newforestnpa.gov.uk/about-us/meeting-agendas-minutes/planning-committee/ Including details of how to contact the Planning Committee members.

Please note that all planning applications give due consideration to the following matters:

Human Rights

In coming to this recommendation, consideration has been given to the rights set out in Article 8 (Right to respect for private and family life) and Article 1 of the First Protocol (Right to peaceful enjoyment of possessions) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Equality

The Equality Act 2010 provides protection from discrimination in respect of certain protected characteristics (age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or beliefs and sex and sexual orientation). In brief, the Committee has a legal duty to pay due regard to the need to (i) eliminate discrimination, harassment, victimisation, (ii) to advance equality of opportunity and (iii) to foster good relations between those who share relevant protected characteristics and those who do not.

Agenda

  1. Apologies for Absence

  2. Declarations of Interest

    Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in relation to items on the agenda for this meeting.

    (NB: When verbally declaring interests, members are also asked to complete the Disclosure of Interests at Meetings form and return to Corporate Services.)

  3. Minutes

    To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 16 June 2026.

  4. Chair’s Announcements

    The Chair to make announcements relevant to the activities of the Committee.

  5. Planning Applications for Committee Decision (PC 514/26)

    To determine the applications set out in the report. This report comprises a summary schedule of the planning applications, followed by the detailed applications.

  6. Planning Appeals (PC 515/26)

  7. Permitted Development Rights: Schools, Assets of Community Value, Defence and Conservation - New Forest National Park Authority Consultation Response (PC 516/26)

  8. Proposed Planning Application Revised Local Requirements (PC 517/26)

  9. Any other items which the Chair decides are urgent.

  10. Date of Next Meeting

    Tuesday 18 August 2026 at 9.30 am, Venue – Council Chamber, NFDC, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst SO43 7PA

Part II items which may be taken in the absence of the press and public on the grounds that exempted information may be disclosed

None

Members are requested to sign the attendance register

Membership:

John Adams, Richard Clewer, Mary Davies (Deputy Chair), Caroline Rackham, David Harrison, Joe Reilly, Ann Sevier, Brice Stratford, and Steve Trow (Chair) plus two vacancies.

Please note that this meeting will be audio recorded and filmed for live or subsequent broadcast.

Please email Members Services memberservices@newforestnpa.gov.uk if you would like a copy of this agenda in large print, Braille or any alternative format, or if you wish to attend the meeting and have special requirements.